Australian Pine Tree



Australian Pine Tree
= Casuarina equisetifolia
Family: Casuarinaceae

Origin: Southeast Asia, Northern Australia and the Pacific Islands
Introduced to the Southern US, and
it's now an invasive species in Florida.

Unlike most other species of Casuarina,
(which are dioecious),
it is monoecious, with male and female flowers
produced on the same tree.

2/28/2019 Plantation

3/16/2019 Plantation 

Jamaican Rain Tree

Jamaican Rain Tree, Ebony coccuswood

= Brya ebenus

Family: Fabaceae

 

Plantation Botanical Garden 3/7/2019

Pelican Flower

Pelican Flower, Calico Flower
= Aristolochia grandiflora
Family: Aristochiaceae

It's a deciduous vine with one of the largest flowers
that emits an odor...that smells like rotting meat...
attracting flies.
Flower 10-20 cm (4-8") wide
has three sections,
utricle, tube and limb

2/1/2019 Plantation

the backside

see the size?

you don't want to go in there...

American Beautyberry

American Beautyberry
= Callicarpa Americana
Native shrub of the Southern US

1/31/2019 Hampton Pine Park

Chinese Crown Orchid

2/25/2019 Hampton Pine Park

 

Chinese Crown Orchid = Eulophia graminea

Family: Orchidaceae

Origin: Asia

 

Since 2007, this is one of the Invasive plants in Florida.

 



Rose of Venezuela, Scarlet Flame Bean

Rose of Venezuela, Scarlet Flame Bean

= Brownea grandiceps

Family: Fabaceae

 

The bud was so big!

Of course it has all the flowers within a flower.

The leaves? was in pale green then pink,

actually I saw all the stage at one day:-)